[Football] Benteke - Roy up the road not happy

[Icy Gull]

for 20 minutes, and then did nothing

That would have been when he won the header and only Ryan’s reflex save stopped Zaha scoring? He murdered Dunk in the air on pretty well every header too as far as I recall.

We will do very well to find someone as good as Benteke in January and we’ll probably end up with nobody of note so I am astounded that so many are so against it. (Not that we have a hope in hell of him coming here, but just hypothetically speaking!). Just think about what we have got upfront and tell me Benteke wouldn’t walk into our team.

 

[nicko31]

Not sure they're loving their expensive marquee striker that we could only dream of having right now...

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It lightened my mood at 4.50 on Saturday

 

[Stuart Munday]

Does anybody else think of might of been deliberate to get himself out of the club in the next transfer window.

 

[Insel affe]

Does anybody else think of might of been deliberate to get himself out of the club in the next transfer window.

What are you on about Croydon is lovely why would anyone want to leave such a wonderful area, especially when they get new cladding on the stadium.

 

[dadams2k11]

Does anybody else think of might of been deliberate to get himself out of the club in the next transfer window.

I don't think he's that clever to think that up.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

That would have been when he won the header and only Ryan’s reflex save stopped Zaha scoring? He murdered Dunk in the air on pretty well every header too as far as I recall.

We will do very well to find someone as good as Benteke in January and we’ll probably end up with nobody of note so I am astounded that so many are so against it. (Not that we have a hope in hell of him coming here, but just hypothetically speaking!). Just think about what we have got upfront and tell me Benteke wouldn’t walk into our team.

Ok, its a fair question (and obviously yes, he would get in our team at present). But in the next transfer window I would still rather sign an up-and-coming young striker, in the Dwamena/Zohore/Abraham etc mold that we were looking at last summer. On the face of it he's a great player, but it feels more and more like 'when he wants to be'...

My feeling is that a team like us (or like Palace) shouldn't be signing players on their way down - players who were great on the way up (e.g. at Villa), get the big move to the big team, and when it doesn't work out they fall back down the pyramid and almost always fail to reach the heights that got them the move in the first place. Thinking also of players like Loic Remy, Wilfried Bony, Demba Ba, Ricky Lambert, James Beattie and I'm sure there are many others. Players on the way down come with big transfer fees and big salaries and big expectations and very rarely meet them.

 

[Motogull]

Bentekkers (man that's so ****ish) is the new Torres. Torres was lethal then he couldn't hit a cow's Harris with a banjo. Sweet.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I've not seen a tamer struck penalty since Cristian Baz's in the FA Cup shootout vs Woking (and at least he scored that). [emoji38]ol:

Didn't Harley have a pretty feeble attempt v Millwall ( I think ) ?

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Anyone who thinks that Benteke is a player who would add anything to our squad other than paranoia and indolence is,, frankly, deluded.

 

[murciagull]

More bad/good for that lot up the road " Sakho faces lengthy absence"

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42232612

 

[fosters headband]

More bad/good for that lot up the road " Sakho faces lengthy absence"

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42232612

He seems very injury prone. They signed him with an injury from last season which kept him out of the start of this season. They paid a lot of money to have a second sick note, the other one being Connor Wickham.

 

[Yoda]

Didn't Harley have a pretty feeble attempt v Millwall ( I think ) ?

Memory not quite what it was, but didn't he miss that one all together, Baz's was an failed chip that just pea rolled along the floor virtually in a straight line. His saving grace was the 'keeper moved.

 

[Simster]

Memory not quite what it was, but didn't he miss that one all together, Baz's was an failed chip that just pea rolled along the floor virtually in a straight line. His saving grace was the 'keeper moved.

The worst penalty I've ever seen was Robert Codner's at Bristol Rovers in early 1990. It was actually posted on here fairly recently.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Nice place to post this one again

 

[Shatner's Bassoon]

Harley's at Millwall was atrocious, but I think this one is the worst penalty of all time

 

[L'hampton Eagle]

Harley's at Millwall was atrocious, but I think this one is the worst penalty of all time

Not far behind Jason Puncheon



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWmNe59dnIM